Several commercial air routes exist over the Arctic, but none over the Antarctic - why is this the case?

The ocean surrounding Antarctica is one of the most austere habitats on Earth. But, amidst the frozen, windswept landscape, an incredible diversity of life thrives. Each spring, phytoplankton harness ...

A layer only a few to a few dozen kilometers thick may be draped across the boundary between Earth’s core and mantle, and ...

New research shows warm circumpolar deep water has shifted closer to Antarctica over the past two decades, increasing the risk of melting ice shelves from below. Studies reveal that previous estimates ...

Beneath Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, warm ocean water is carving hidden channels into the ice from below, and a study ...

Months after Russia reportedly accused a Ukrainian Antarctic marine biologist of undermining its banned access to oil and gas ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite, launched last November, is now fully operational after successfully completing its ...

As per a press release by the institute, at first, the discovery did not seem important. From a distance, the crew saw what ...

As autonomous underwater vehicles have improved over the decades, so has our ability to explore the ocean's uncharted depths ...

A research team headed to Antarctica and found a 'dirty iceberg'. They quickly realized that it was in fact an island that ...

“On our route, the nautical chart showed an area with unexplored dangers to navigation, but it wasn’t clear what it was or ...

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought ...